US20090269548A1 - Honeycomb segment and honeycomb structure - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a honeycomb segment and a honeycomb structure.
- DPF trapping filter
- DPF exhaust gas or the like containing particulate matter is allowed to flow in from one end portion side, and, after particulate matter is filtrated by the partition walls, purified gas is discharged from the other end portion side.
- particulate matter contained in exhaust gas deposits in the aforementioned one end portion (end portion on the exhaust gas inflow side) to cause a problem of clogging of cells. This is prone to be caused in the case that a large amount of particulate matter in exhaust gas is contained or in a cold district. Such clogging has a problem of rapidly increasing pressure loss in DPF.
- the cross-sectional area means the area of the cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of a cell.
- the partition walls forming the cells becomes thin in a part of the portion where partition walls intersect (hereinbelow, sometimes referred to as an “intersection point portion”), having a problem of low strength. Therefore, when PM deposits in DPF, post-injection is performed for combustion-removal of the PM. At this time, stress concentrates in a part of the thin intersection portion, and there arises a problem of easy breakage.
- the portion where partition walls intersects means a portion belonging to both the intersecting partition walls in a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of a honeycomb filter.
- partition walls linearly extending in the above cross section and having the same thickness cross each other it means the square range in the intersection portion.
- honeycomb filter having the inflow side cells having a larger cross-sectional area and the outflow side cells having a smaller cross-sectional area, where the cross-sectional shape having a larger cross-sectional area is octagonal obtained by linearly cutting the corners of a quadrangular shape (see, e.g. Patent Document 1).
- the aforementioned honeycomb filter having an end of the honeycomb structure plugged is disclosed as a honeycomb filter hardly having a crack and excellent in durability (see, e.g., Patent Document 3).
- honeycomb structure In the case of a unitarily formed honeycomb filter (honeycomb structure), a crack is prone to generate because the temperature difference between the center and the outer peripheral portion is large because of the far distance. In the case of a honeycomb segment bonded article, soot does not deposit, and the temperature difference between the center and the outer periphery of a segment is easily generated because each segment is surrounded by a bonding material having a large heat capacity, which easily generates a crack. Therefore, there has been desired a honeycomb structure where both the problem of cell clogging and the problem of low strength are solved.
- Patent Document 1 French Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2789327 Specification
- Patent Document 2 JP-A-2006-281134
- Patent Document 3 JP-A-2003-254034
- Patent Document 4 JP-A-2002-301325
- the present invention aims to provide a honeycomb segment and a honeycomb structure where crack generation by generation of a heat spot due to the difference in thermal conductivity is inhibited and where the inflow side cells and the outflow side cells have different cross-sectional areas.
- a honeycomb segment comprising porous partition walls separating and forming a plurality of cells functioning as fluid passages and having a structure where first cells each having an open end portion on one side and a plugged end portion on the other side and second cells each having a plugged end portion on the one side and an open end portion on the other side are alternately disposed so that the fluid flowing from the end portion on the one side where the first cells are open may pass through the partition walls and flow out into the second cells as a permeated fluid, and the permeated fluid can flow out from the end face on the other side where the second cells are open; wherein the first cell has a larger cross-sectional area than the second cell in a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the first cells and the second cells are alternately disposed in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cells, and an opening percentage of the first cells increases continuously or in stages from the
- a honeycomb structure unitarily formed and comprising porous partition walls separating and forming a plurality of cells functioning as fluid passages and having a structure where first cells each having an open end portion on one side and a plugged end portion on the other side and second cells each having a plugged end portion on the one side and an open end portion on the other side are alternately disposed so that the fluid flowing from the end portion on the one side where the first cells are open may pass through the partition walls and flow out into the second cells as a permeated fluid, and the permeated fluid can flow out from the end face on the other side where the second cells are open; wherein the first cell has a larger cross-sectional area than the second cell in a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the first cells and the second cells are alternately disposed in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cells, and an opening percentage of the first cells increases continuously
- an opening percentage of the first cells increases continuously or in stages from the first cell in a central portion in the cross section cut along the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cells toward the first cells in a peripheral portion excluding incomplete cells in an outermost periphery in the cross section, it can inhibit crack generation by a heat spot generating due to the difference in thermal conductivity.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a honeycomb structure of the embodiment 1 formed by bonding honeycomb segments of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing a honeycomb segment used for the honeycomb structure in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is an A-A cross-sectional view in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 4 is a schematic view for explaining change in the opening percentage.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic view for explaining the calculation definition of the opening percentage.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view schematically showing a honeycomb structure of the embodiment 2 of the present invention formed by unitary formation.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic view for explaining change in the opening percentage of a honeycomb structure.
- 1 honeycomb structure
- 2 honeycomb segment
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- 5 b second cell (small cell)
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- 20 honeycomb structure
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a honeycomb structure of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing a honeycomb segment constituting the honeycomb structure in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is an A-A cross-sectional view of a honeycomb segment in FIG. 2 .
- the honeycomb segments 2 of the present invention have a shape constituting a part of the whole structure of the honeycomb structure 1 (honeycomb segment bonded article) as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and constitute a honeycomb structure 1 by being assembled in a direction perpendicular to the central axis (longitudinal direction) of the honeycomb structure 1 .
- the cells 5 are disposed in parallel with one another in the direction of the central axis of the honeycomb structure 1 , and end portions of adjacent cells 5 are alternately plugged with a filler 7 .
- the honeycomb segment 2 is formed to have a columnar shape having a quadrangular cross section and porous partition walls 6 separating and forming a plurality of cells 5 functioning as fluid passages, and two kinds of cells 5 a , 5 b having different cross-sectional areas in a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cells 5 are formed.
- the first cell (large cell) 5 a has a larger cross-sectional area than the second cell (small cell) 5 b in a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and is formed into an octagonal shape where the portions corresponding to the corner portions are cut off or a quadrangular shape where the portions corresponding to the corner portions are arc, while the second cells (small cell) 5 b are formed into a quadrangular shape.
- the corner portion means a portion corresponding to the vertex and the periphery thereof in the case that the cross section is supposed to be a corresponding polygon (polygon formed by extending the linear portion).
- the first cells 5 a and the second cells 5 b are alternately disposed in the first direction and the second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cells.
- FIG. 1 the cross-sectional view schematically shown in FIG.
- the first cells 5 a, where one end portion A is open and the other end portion B is plugged, and the second cells 5 b, where one end portion A is plugged and the other end portion B is open, are alternately disposed to have a structure where a fluid flowing from the one end face A where the first cells 5 a are open is passed through the partition walls 6 and allowed to flow out to the second cells 5 b as a permeation fluid, which can be discharged from the other end portion B, where the second cells 5 b are open.
- honeycomb segments 2 having opening percentages described below, where the first cells 5 a and the second cells 5 b have different cross-sectional areas (the first cells 5 a have a larger cross-sectional area than the second cells 5 b ), are bonded.
- the honeycomb segment 2 there is preferably used at least one kind selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, silicon-silicon carbide based composite material, silicon nitride, cordierite, mullite, alumina, spinel, silicon carbide-cordierite based composite material, silicon-silicon carbide composite material, lithium aluminum silicate, aluminum titanate, and Fe—Cr—Al based metal from the viewpoints of strength and thermal resistance.
- silicon carbide or silicon-silicon carbide based composite material is preferable.
- the honeycomb segment 2 can be manufactured by, for example, adding, to a material suitably selected from the aforementioned materials, a binder such as methyl cellulose, hydroxypropoxyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxylmethyl cellulose, and polyvinyl alcohol, a surfactant, water as a solvent, and the like to obtain kneaded clay having plasticity; subjecting the kneaded clay to extrusion forming into the aforementioned shape; drying the resultant article with microwaves, hot air, or the like: and sintering the resultant article.
- a binder such as methyl cellulose, hydroxypropoxyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxylmethyl cellulose, and polyvinyl alcohol, a surfactant, water as a solvent, and the like
- Plugging with the filler 7 can be performed by immersing an end face of the honeycomb segment 2 in slurried filler 7 in a state that the cells 5 not to be plugged are masked to fill the filler 7 into the open cells 5 .
- the filling of the filler 7 may be performed after forming and before firing the honeycomb segment 2 or after firing the honeycomb segment 2 , the filling is preferably performed before firing because only one firing step is required.
- each honeycomb segment 2 subjected to bonding for forming a honeycomb structure 1 is formed in such a manner that an opening percentage of the first cells increases continuously or in stages from the first cell in a central portion in the cross section cut along the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cells toward the first cells in a peripheral portion excluding incomplete cells in an outermost periphery in the cross section ( FIG. 4 is drawn with exaggeration for explanation).
- an opening percentage is defined as an average in an opening percentage calculation region of the 2 ⁇ 2 cells in the center of the honeycomb segment 2 regarding the central portion, and an average of four points in four directions at a 90-degree angle of 2 ⁇ 2 cells in the outermost periphery excluding incomplete cells in the outermost periphery regarding the outer peripheral portion.
- calculation is performed with an average of adjacent 2 ⁇ 2 cells.
- the opening percentage calculation region is a square region obtained by connecting the central portions of the adjacent 2 ⁇ 2 cells. The ratio of the area of the opening portions excluding the partition walls to the area of the square is defined as the opening percentage.
- the segment 2 may be formed so that the opening percentage of the first cells 5 a in the central portion is 60% or more and 96% or less with respect to the opening percentage of the first cells 5 a in the outer peripheral portion.
- the difference between an opening percentage of the unplugged first cells 5 a in the end portion A and an opening percentage of the unplugged second cells 5 b in the end portion B increases continuously or in stages from the central portion to the outer peripheral portion.
- thickness of the partition walls present between the first cell 5 a and another first cell 5 a adjacent to the first cell 5 a increases continuously or in stages from the central portion to the outer peripheral portion. That is, as shown in FIG. 4 , the partition wall thickness L 1 is thicker than the partition wall thickness L 2 . Then, it is desirable that the thickness of the partition wall between the first cells in the central portion is 104% or more and 155% or less with respect to the thickness of the partition wall between the first cells in the outer peripheral portion.
- the difference in opening percentage between the opening percentage of the first cells and the opening percentage of the second cells in the central portion is 60% or more and 96% or less with respect to the difference in opening percentage between the opening percentage of the first cells and the opening percentage of the second cells in the outer peripheral portion.
- Such formation improves strength against strain of the partition walls in the central portion, thereby inhibiting crack generation.
- the slurried bonding material layer 9 is applied on the outer peripheral face of the honeycomb segment 2 , a plurality of honeycomb segments 2 are assembled into a predetermined solid shape (whole structure of the honeycomb structure 1 ), followed by pressure bonding in this assembled state and then dried by heating.
- a bonded article where a plurality of honeycomb segments 2 is unitarily bonded is manufactured.
- a honeycomb structure 1 obtained in the present invention is provided with a honeycomb segment bonded article where a plurality of honeycomb segments 2 are unitarily bonded at bonding faces thereof by means of a bonding layer and an outer peripheral coat layer 4 covering the outer peripheral faces of the honeycomb segment bonded article and has a structure where a plurality of cells 5 functioning as fluid passages are disposed in parallel with one another in the central axial direction.
- the bonding material layer 9 used in the present invention is applied on outer peripheral faces of the honeycomb segments 2 and functions to bond the honeycomb segments 2 .
- the formation of the bonding material layer 9 may be performed by applying a slurried bonding material layer 9 on the outer peripheral face and assembling a plurality of honeycomb segment 2 into a predetermined solid shape (whole structure of the honeycomb structure 1 ), followed by pressure bonding and then drying by heating.
- the application may be performed on the outer peripheral faces of each of adjacent honeycomb segments 2 .
- application may be performed on only one of the corresponding outer peripheral faces.
- Suitable examples of the bonding material layer 9 used in the present invention include bonding material layers constituted of inorganic fibers, an inorganic binder, an organic binder, and inorganic particles.
- the inorganic fibers include oxide fibers of aluminosilicate and alumina and other fibers (e.g., SiC fibers).
- the inorganic binder include silica sol, alumina sol, and clay.
- the organic binder include polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and methylcellulose (MC).
- the inorganic particles include ceramics such as silicon carbide, silicon nitride, cordierite, alumina, and mullite.
- the honeycomb structure 1 formed as described above is formed as a bonded article of honeycomb segments 2 , where, as shown in FIG. 3 , the first cells (inflow cells) 5 a are open on the left end portion side and plugged with the filler 7 on the right end portion side, while the other cells (outflow cells) 5 b adjacent to the first cells are plugged with the filler 7 on the left end portion side and open on the right end portion side.
- each end portion of the honeycomb segment 2 has a checkerwise pattern.
- exhaust gas flows into the cells 5 of each honeycomb segment 2 from the left side in FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view schematically showing a honeycomb structure 20 of the present invention.
- the honeycomb structure 20 is unitarily formed, the cells 5 are disposed in parallel with one another in the central axial direction of the honeycomb structure 20 , and the end portions of adjacent cells 5 are alternately plugged with the filler 7 .
- a honeycomb structure 20 is formed into a columnar shape and provided with porous partition walls 6 separating and forming a plurality of cells 5 functioning as fluid passages, and two kinds of cells 5 a and 5 b having different cross-sectional areas in a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cells are formed.
- the first cell (large cell) 5 a has a larger cross-sectional area in a cross section cut along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cell than that of the second cell (small cell) 5 b and has an octagonal shape where the portions corresponding to the corner portions are cut off or a quadrangular shape where the portions corresponding to the corner portions have an arc shape, and the second cell (small cell) 5 b has a quadrangular shape.
- the honeycomb structure 1 of the embodiment 2 is formed in such a manner that an opening percentage of the first cells 5 a increases continuously or in stages from the first cell 5 a in a central portion in the cross section toward the first cells 5 b in a peripheral portion excluding incomplete cells in an outermost periphery in the cross section.
- an opening percentage is defined as an average in an opening percentage calculation region A of the 2 ⁇ 2 cells in the center of the honeycomb segment 20 regarding the central portion, and an average of four points (opening percentage calculation regions C 1 to C 4 ) in four directions at a 90-degree angle of 2 ⁇ 2 cells in the outermost periphery excluding incomplete cells in the outermost periphery regarding the outer peripheral portion.
- calculation is performed with an average of adjacent 2 ⁇ 2 cells (opening percentage calculation region B).
- the opening percentage calculation regions are taken in the same manner as in FIG. 5 .
- the opening percentage of the first cells 5 a in the central portion is 60% or more and 96% or less with respect to the opening percentage of the first cells 5 a in the outer peripheral portion.
- the difference between the opening percentage of the first cells on an unplugged end portions and the opening percentage of the second cells on an unplugged end portions increases continuously or in stages from the central portion toward the outer peripheral portion.
- thickness of the partition walls present between the first cell 5 a and another first cell 5 a adjacent to the first cell 5 a increases continuously or in stages from the central portion to the outer peripheral portion. That is, it is desirable that the thickness of the partition wall between the first cells 5 a in the central portion is 104% or more and 155% or less with respect to the thickness of the partition wall between the first cells in the outer peripheral portion.
- the difference in opening percentage between the opening percentage of the first cells 5 a and the opening percentage of the second cells 5 b in the central portion is 60% or more and 96% or less with respect to the difference in opening percentage between the opening percentage of the first cells 5 a and the opening percentage of the second cells 5 b in the outer peripheral portion.
- the honeycomb structure 20 unitarily formed in such a manner that the first cells (inflow cells) 5 a and the second cells (outflow cells) 5 b have different cross-sectional areas and that the first cells 5 a have different opening percentages between the central portion and the outer peripheral portion has improved strength against strain of the partition walls in the central portion, thereby inhibiting crack generation.
- a regeneration test was performed using a 2.0 L diesel engine.
- the DPF had a diameter of 144 mm, a length of 152 mm, and a porosity of 50%.
- Oxidation catalysts were mounted in the upstream.
- a predetermined amount of soot was deposited in the DPF, and post-injection was performed in a state of 1700 rpm ⁇ 20 Nm to raise the temperature of the engine exhaust gas up to 690° C.
- the pressure loss of the DPF started decreasing, the state was shifted to the idle state. By shifting to the idle state, oxygen concentration was raised.
- the DPF inner temperature was raised for regeneration of the DPF.
- a crack may be caused in the DPF outlet end face. Therefore, attention has to be paid.
- a different DPF was prepared.
- the exhaust gas temperature at the DPF inlet was constant, and the amount of the soot deposited in the DPF was increased from 8 g/L by 0.2 g/L for comparison and evaluation of the soot deposit amount when a crack is caused in the outlet end face.
- DPFs having the following different structures were prepared. In comparison with the outer peripheral portion, (a) samples having a small opening percentage in the central portion (Examples 1-1 to 1-10), (b) samples having a large partition wall thickness in central portion (Examples 2-1 to 2-13), (c) samples having a high cell density in the central portion (Examples 3-1 to 3-14), and (d) samples having a small ratio of the first cell-opening percentage to the second cell-opening percentage in the central portion (Examples 4-1 to 4-10).
- Example 1-1 69.1 10.0 300 1.49 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 69.1 10.0 300 1.49
- the soot deposition amount when a crack was generated increased (a) as the opening percentage in the central portion decreased, (b) as the partition wall thickness in the central portion increased, (c) as the cell density in the central portion increased, and (d) as the ratio of the opening percentage of the first cells to the opening percentage of the second cells in the central portion decreased
- the soot amount upon crack generation was 8.0 g/L or less as in Comparative Example, and the judgment of “bad” was delivered.
- the pressure loss upon soot deposition gradually increased, while the soot deposition amount upon crack generation increased.
- the reason why the pressure loss increases is that a membrane area where soot can deposit decreases upon evaluating a unitary article (a) as the opening percentage in the central portion decreases, (b) as the partition wall thickness in the central portion increases, (c) as the cell density in the central portion increases, and (d) as the ratio of the opening percentage of the first cells to the opening percentage of the second cells in the central portion decreases; which increases the soot deposition amount per unit deposition to raise wall-passing pressure loss including a soot layer.
- pressure loss exceeded 10 kPa. Therefore, the judgment was bad.
- a honeycomb structure of the present invention is useful as a trapping filter for exhaust gas, for example, as a diesel particulate filter (DPF) for trapping and removing particulate matter (particulates) contained in exhaust gas from a diesel engine, or the like.
- DPF diesel particulate filter
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